Links on "M&IT--MEETINGS AND INCENTIVE TRAVEL"
www.meetingscanada.com
The Public Health Agency of Canada provides H1N1 guidelines specifically designed for meeting planners, covering such areas as the importance of performing a pre-event risk assessment and mitigating the spread of an influence-like illness (ILI).
www.meetingscanada.com
Managers of an Estonian government initiative covering up to 70-per-cent of conference costs will begin accepting funding applications Dec. 21.
www.meetingscanada.com
JOYRIDE one50 Indoor Bike Park, a 90,000-sq.-ft., indoor facility, is slated to open in Markham, Ont., about 45 minutes north of downtown Toronto, within a month.
www.meetingscanada.com
The Fairmont Pacific Rim is set to open in Vancouver in January, right in time for the 2010 Winter Olympics.
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Marriott has launched The Autograph Collection, a new brand of upper upscale and luxury, independent hotels.
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MPI Foundation's just-released update to its groundbreaking 2006 Canadian Economic Impact Study (CEIS) indicates that meetings generated more than $71-billion in industry output per year and produced more than 673,000 meetings annually, with an average of 70-million yearly participants.
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The Metro Toronto Convention Centre (MTCC) has introduced a suite of sustainable meeting solutions, including green electricity, waste diversion, locally sourced menus, carbon offsetting, community donations and paper-less options.
www.meetingscanada.com
WestJet has launched seasonal non-stop service between Toronto and Cayo Coco, Cuba, and Providenciales, Turks and Caicos and seasonal non-stop service between Calgary and Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo, Mexico.
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Frequent flyer and loyalty brand Groupe Aeroplan has bought Carlson Marketing, a Minneapolis, Minn.-based loyalty marketing firm.
